Abstract:

Do museums spark joy in people? Can they? Should they? Drawing from Positive Museology—an approach that aims to enable human flourishing in museal contexts—this article offers specific ways to integrate these intentions into the museum experience. In particular, it focuses on one notion from the positive disciplines, positive contagion, and the role of positive emotions—especially joy—in one corner of the museum: exhibition communication. Using Barbara Fredrickson's ten positive emotions and related positivity toolkit as a foundation, I offer seven ways to inspire joy and positivity (and therefore the potential for positive contagion) in museum work and, in particular, the exhibition medium. The seven ways are treated as openings, pointing toward research, case examples, and applied practice to gather and solidify the value of a positive approach. The seven ways are not completely unique to museums—one kind of information institution—and can be applied in other allied organizations as well, such as libraries, archives, schools, and more.

摘要：

博物馆能激发人们的快乐吗？他们可以吗？他们应该吗？借鉴积极博物馆学——一种旨在使人类在博物馆环境中繁荣发展的方法——本文提供了将这些意图整合到博物馆体验中的具体方法。特别是，它侧重于正面管教中的一个概念，即正面传染，以及积极情绪——尤其是喜悦——在博物馆的一个角落所扮演的角色：展览交流。以芭芭拉·弗雷德里克森 (Barbara Fredrickson) 的十种积极情绪和相关的积极性工具包为基础，我提供了七种方法来激发博物馆工作，尤其是展览媒介中的快乐和积极性（以及因此产生积极传染的潜力）。这七种方法被视为开端，指向研究、案例和应用实践，以收集和巩固积极方法的价值。这七种方式并不完全是博物馆（一种信息机构）独有的，也可以应用于其他相关组织，例如图书馆、档案馆、学校等。